Folding coop.



PATENTE AUG, 25, 1903.

No. 896,866. A. G. SEGESSEMANN.

FOLDNG COOP.

APELIGATION FILED JUNE 7,1907.

A "ORNE Y drawing,- I

' My invention relates to improvements 1n` ARNOL) C. SEGESSEMANN, 0FNEAR AYAZONI, HSSOUR To all 'whom it' 'may concern:

Be it known that if, Annone Snenssr.-

MANN, & citizen of the Uniedotates, residing near Amazonia, in theeountyoi Andrew .and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Folding (loops, of which the following is e sp ation,reference being had therein te tl ing coop that theyshedl be simple,durable,v

and cheap in cost ol inanuisctureg-l attain these objects by the'mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which g Figure 1.vis a vertical section, out 'on the line X X seen in Fie. 2 siicwirnrthe arts in erect position. Fig. 2. is top plan. Fig. is a verticalsection, cut on the. line X, seen in Fig. 2., showing the perte inl'olde'd position. Fig. 4. is a vertical section, cut on the line YY,seen in Fig. 2., shewing the parts in erect position. Fig. an enlargedview, in perspective, showing one the i'our corner fastenings, securingIthe in erect position. Fig. 6. is an enlarged. View, in perspective,showing one of the two side l'astenings,

I securing the parts in erect position.

My invention consists el the bottoni i, reinforced'by pieces 2, the twosides 3, secured byhinges 4, one side on each oi the strips 5, securedon bottoni l the ends 6, secured to bottoni l by hinges 7 pertition 8 L,ured to bottom 1 by hinges Q; the tivo sliding doors, 10 and 10a, eachprovid-ed with spring actuated latch pin 1l and il, respectively ndeptedto Yengage ends by entering apertures 11", respectively, in the ends 3,ier holding said doors in closed position, together with four springtempered metal corner fasteners, 12, secured to cover i6, each 'which isbivfureeted, and seid biiurcetions are each provided with a hook 33, andthe exact length required', to bring seid hooks intoenn gagement withthe @etch pieeesde, secured te ends 6 and sides 3, es shown, ier holdinge ecconipanyv Specification of Letters Eatent.

Patented Aug. 25, l.

Application .ileil June Y, 1907. Seria-L No. 37?,52-3.

nl top, sides, ends and bottoni, seeneely egether lin erect position,and also to bring id i3 into engegenient with the ling said ya securelytogether in folded two spring tempered inetel side fasteninge l2, theirhools 13x, and catch pieces" and loa, secured and operated in themenne-r es corner astenings i2 and seine their inilory numbered garts.

in ration oi my invention, when in es seen in l, 2 and 4, the

. nti A, operator ,gr-ases the ree end of latch pin il, y@

and it until seid pin is disengaged frein end and is in the positionseen at il, in f. i. aiterwhiclfi door l() is manually slid to the saineposition as door ia', after whichl :owls are put in the eoop; afterwhich' the' 7g descrioed operation of sind door is reversed,v thussecuring seid fowls in said coop. Door l0@ is operated in the sainernenner :is door i0, end the described operation oi said doens isreversed for the removal of said fowls from 3U said coen.

itvvill be seen from the foregoing, that the described fastener 2li issimple end inexpenid provides means by which saidv doors gaged i'rointheir respective catch pieces`r 143' 9,5

ssid operator in similar manner, disengages side hooks 13', from theirrespective cetcl pieces "i452 citer which cover l is readily reinovirons sides 3 and end t5, which partit ui l' is r tcted' en hinges 9 tothe p`osiice tion seen in 2y; then the two ends 5 are rotated n tneir`7, to the position seen in Fig. 3, sides 3 ere else rol; ted on theirhinges el, to the position 1 Fig.

ln le is placed over th thus folded parte, With the corner lasteners 2,in register with catch I nieces it", after which pressure 1s applied1upon cover i6, which causes tne sloped lower extremities of hooks i3 endit, to inove outfi '.10

ward and downward nest the hooked, ex

1 e i tremities of enten pieces i5 and l5, respee-\ o pieces l5, securedto bottoni fi, ,for 6 its niav ce 7operated witli utmost ease and rfi id85 mn, in the follmving .mannerpn E; siterwhieh cover tively; upon whichthe elasticity of the greater Ila/rt of fasteners 12 and 12, causessaidhoo 12 and .12, to move into engage"- Inent with said catch pieces and15a, respectively, thus securely holding'the parts together, in foldedposition. By the unbifnrcated part of fasteners 12 the cover 16 andparts beneath said cover are held in register and are prevented fromshifting. l

it will he seen and understood from the foregoing, and by referring toFig. 5, that the unbifurcated parts of fasteners 12 act as braces forthe corners of eover 16 and sub stantially hold ends 6 and sides 3together in erect )ositiong and by referring to Fig. 1, that the pie-ces17, secured .to sides 3, act vas stops for, and prevent the upper edgesof the ends 6 frein being forced inward; by referring to 1Figs. 1- and2, it will be seen that the upper edge of partition. 8 passes betweenthe two strips 18, secured on the under side cover 16, for holding saidpartition securely in erect position.

l am aware that folding eoops have been constructed, in which apartitionand the ends and sides of said eoops, are rotated on lhinges from erectto folded position, and are secured in said positions by other devices eI seeeeo corners of said coops.

Therefore, what i elarm as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent isA folding eoo havin(r a foldable partition therein and fol able sidesand ends therefor, providedvwith catch pieces 14 on said sides and ends;a bottom for said coop, provided with catch pieces 15 secured thereon 3a lid for said coop and a fastener for each of the four corners of saidlid, the upper portion of said fastener being adapted to act as abinding and as a brace for the corner of said lid and the lower portionof said fastener being bifureated, and each of said bifurcations beingprovided with a hooi( on the lower end thereof, adapted to engage saidcatch pieces 14, when said sides and ends are in erect position, and toengage said catch pieces 15, when said sides and ends are in foldedposition.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

ARNOLD C. SEGESSEMANN.

Witnesses t JAMES, I. HANSEN, C. O. Conneries.

